Sweden and Finland are not doing enough to protect their primary and old-growth forests, falling short of EU commitments, the World Wildlife Fund said in a report. “Thousands of hectares of forests with high conservation value are logged each year, despite their importance for climate stability, biodiversity, and long-term ecological health,” said the WWF. …Private forest owners insist they are complying with current legislation and that their felling of trees is sensible. “Nobody cuts down trees just for the fun of it,” Magnus Kindbom, forestry director at the Federation of Swedish Farmers said. “It’s because there’s a need in society. “And if we didn’t use wood products, which have no negative impact on the climate, then we would have to use more fossil fuels,” he added. “That’s the dilemma we face: how to find the best compromise between having access to more biomass and understanding its impact on biodiversity.”